03-26-2009, 12:08 PM
I'll answer those best I can by number...
1) The reason the second red pad was removed was due to the dwindling playerbase. As it picks up it will be put back. For right now it kind of isolates the action so its easier to find.
2) We are adding more armors and I couldn't agree more about the fact that it brings diversity. Nothing is better then being able to have your own look with little chance that it will be copied. More armors are on their way so just give us a bit of time.
3) Being completely honest, I am against anything that takes away from skills. I think adding such a stone would kill taming unless we had 100 spawns in the world that couldnt be obtained through the stone. Maybe a stone that sold bland color horses wouldn't be bad but getting awesome rides from it wouldnt be fair to tamers.
4) I like this idea to some degree. If it was crazy rare though then chances are a group of people would camp it constantly and hoard it. Even with random spawn times its somewhat easy to figure out the timeframe that it might spawn after just a few visits. If this could be done correctly, it might be a nice add though. Of course this would change quite a bit about mining and the whole sphere feeling I think and its best if something like this was agreed upon by the masses.
5) As for RPing, I have been a bit generous to those who have rewards for the time being. The two main reasons for this is, when new players join and see someone even partially RPing they may become interested and also because I feel it is very hard to RP with a low playerbase since it isn't easy to portray a character if nobody is around to interact with most of the time. Trust me though, this will not last long and I will be back at full force if the player base picks up a bit more and I see people making a joke out of the RP rewards they may have taken lightly.
6) No.
7) I try to do holiday events when I get a chance. I have had a halloween/thanksgiving event as well as two christmas quests. The thing is, these things take time to set up and more often then not other issues take my attention away from setting up events like these more often. Not to mention people hate following rules which can discourage a staff member (me) from hosting them more often.
8) We have been discussing a few options with this but have yet to come to a conclusion that would keep it fair to all. This idea isn't completely out of the question but it may take some time before any decisions on it are final.
9) This is another thing that takes a bit of time and I wouldn't mind doing if I had the patience and time. As the player base picks up I know we will have more monster bashes. This is yet another thing that people do not like listening to rules though.
10) As the shard becomes more active the mounts will increase. As it stands right now we have quite a bit of mounts considering the overall player base, at least in my mind. They will slowly increase and maybe even change as time passes though.
1) The reason the second red pad was removed was due to the dwindling playerbase. As it picks up it will be put back. For right now it kind of isolates the action so its easier to find.
2) We are adding more armors and I couldn't agree more about the fact that it brings diversity. Nothing is better then being able to have your own look with little chance that it will be copied. More armors are on their way so just give us a bit of time.
3) Being completely honest, I am against anything that takes away from skills. I think adding such a stone would kill taming unless we had 100 spawns in the world that couldnt be obtained through the stone. Maybe a stone that sold bland color horses wouldn't be bad but getting awesome rides from it wouldnt be fair to tamers.
4) I like this idea to some degree. If it was crazy rare though then chances are a group of people would camp it constantly and hoard it. Even with random spawn times its somewhat easy to figure out the timeframe that it might spawn after just a few visits. If this could be done correctly, it might be a nice add though. Of course this would change quite a bit about mining and the whole sphere feeling I think and its best if something like this was agreed upon by the masses.
5) As for RPing, I have been a bit generous to those who have rewards for the time being. The two main reasons for this is, when new players join and see someone even partially RPing they may become interested and also because I feel it is very hard to RP with a low playerbase since it isn't easy to portray a character if nobody is around to interact with most of the time. Trust me though, this will not last long and I will be back at full force if the player base picks up a bit more and I see people making a joke out of the RP rewards they may have taken lightly.
6) No.
7) I try to do holiday events when I get a chance. I have had a halloween/thanksgiving event as well as two christmas quests. The thing is, these things take time to set up and more often then not other issues take my attention away from setting up events like these more often. Not to mention people hate following rules which can discourage a staff member (me) from hosting them more often.
8) We have been discussing a few options with this but have yet to come to a conclusion that would keep it fair to all. This idea isn't completely out of the question but it may take some time before any decisions on it are final.
9) This is another thing that takes a bit of time and I wouldn't mind doing if I had the patience and time. As the player base picks up I know we will have more monster bashes. This is yet another thing that people do not like listening to rules though.
10) As the shard becomes more active the mounts will increase. As it stands right now we have quite a bit of mounts considering the overall player base, at least in my mind. They will slowly increase and maybe even change as time passes though.